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Playful Connection: Games for Babies and Toddlers Who Aren’t Talking Yet

February 28, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This resource provides simple, play-based games to help parents who may be struggling to feel connected with their non-speaking or late-talking babies and toddlers. Designed for therapists to share with families, it emphasizes that meaningful connection through play lays the foundation for communication and growth, even without words.
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Songs for Moving and Talking (with Spotify playlist)

February 28, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
Music can transform therapy sessions, adding energy, focus, and creativity while supporting essential developmental skills. This Spotify playlist is designed to help therapists engage children through fun, interactive songs that encourage movement, social-emotional growth, and language development. With a variety of tempos, styles, and themes, these tracks provide adaptable tools to enhance therapy goals and make sessions both effective and enjoyable for kids of all ages.
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How to Get Audiobooks For Free For People with Disabilities (United States)

January 31, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
Empower your patients with free access to audiobooks, ebooks, and braille materials tailored to their needs. This resource provides step-by-step guidance for therapists to help patients set up and use two excellent services: the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS) and OverDrive, ensuring ongoing support and accessibility for meaningful engagement.
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20 Adaptive Kitchen Tools for Easier Cooking and Independence

January 31, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
Help your clients regain confidence and independence in the kitchen with this comprehensive guide to adaptive cooking tools. Designed to simplify common tasks and reduce physical strain, this resource is perfect for therapists to share with individuals working toward functional, real-world goals.
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Understanding Aspiration Pneumonia and Dysphagia

January 31, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This resource explains the connection between oral health, dysphagia, and aspiration pneumonia in a simple, accessible way, empowering patients and families to make informed choices about their care. It includes practical tips, special considerations, and actionable strategies to support therapists in educating and guiding their clients.
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Your Guide to Spasmodic Dysphonia: From Diagnosis to Care

January 31, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This resource provides a clear, accessible explanation of spasmodic dysphonia, including what it is, why it happens, treatment options, and how speech therapy can help. Designed to support patient education, it equips therapists with the tools to empower individuals in understanding and managing their voice condition.
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Radiation Therapy and Oral Care: Conventional and Unconventional Approaches

January 31, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This resource provides therapists with practical and creative strategies to help patients manage oral side effects during radiation therapy for head and neck cancer. From evidence-based recommendations to unconventional approaches, it equips patients with tools to navigate dry mouth, mucositis, and other oral health challenges with greater comfort and confidence.
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Cervical Osteophytes and Swallowing

January 31, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This resource explains how cervical osteophytes can impact swallowing, highlighting key risks like aspiration and impaired epiglottis movement, with easy-to-understand details and real patient data. Featuring an illustrated overview of swallow anatomy and osteophyte compression, this guide is perfect for therapists to share with patients to support education and management strategies.
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Understanding and Supporting Slow-to-Warm-Up Kids

January 31, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This handout helps parents understand and support “slow-to-warm-up” kids, celebrating their thoughtful and observant nature rather than trying to change it. Perfect for therapists to share, it includes practical strategies for fostering confidence and connection at the child’s own pace.
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Smooth Transitions: Helping Kids Move from One Thing to the Next

January 31, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This resource equips parents with practical strategies to help kids transition smoothly between activities, reducing stress for both parent and child. Perfect for therapists to share in therapy, it includes actionable tips, sample scripts, and a set of cut-out visual aids to support young children through transitions.
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